Receptacle holder



July 18, 1961 Filed Sept. 29, 1958 J, A. DORAN RECEPTACLE HOLDER 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. JAMES A. DORAN y 4 QEYW ATTORNEY July 18, 1961.1. A. DORAN 2,992,804 RECEPTACLE HOLDER Filed Sept. 29, 1958 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. JAMES A. DORANi W QIFM.

ATTORNEY United States Patent Drainage Co Providence, R.I., acorporation of Rhode Island Filed Sept. 29, 1958, Ser. No. 764,049 1Claim. (Cl. 248311) This invention provides important improvements inthe apparatus used by hospitals, institutions, convalescent homes, andthe like, for conducting body drainage from bed-patients into. storagecontainers.

One of the most common types of drainage is pursuant to kidney andbladder operations, the patient being catheterized with a plastic tubingwhich extends into a bottle or other receptacle usually located on thefloor under the bed. These bottles are always very conspicuous and henceprove to be a source of embarrassment to patients and visitors alike.Furthermore, such bottles are troublesome for nurses and attendants; andwhen the floor is being cleaned, the bottles are often upset and thecontents spilled, thus necessitating a distressing cleaning-up task.

By using my improved apparatus, however, the drainage bottles areprotected from accidents and are entirely concealed from view so thatthere is no more embarrassment for visitors and bed-patients.

Now that such drainage bottles are no longer troublesome they can beutilized for any kind of drainage that doctors may suggest or deemdesirable. Also, bed-urinals would make self-service practicable andsave a great amount of time for nurses and attendants; also, such urinalservice would take care of prostate and incontinent patients so thataccidental wetting of beds by male patients would be eliminated, thusgreatly reducing hospital operating expenses.

A primary object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a speciallydesigned holder for drainage bottles which maybe permanently mounted toa hospital bed under the bed-side for supporting the drainage bottle adistance from the floor.

Another object i ID PIQYide a holding device which may be easily andinexpensively manufactured so as to m k i f i le f r ll the beds in agiven hospital to be q pp w h y older so that every bed would always be.in readiness to furnish drainage service to any patient that may requiresame.

Another object is to provide an apparatus that can receive. ny nd Qfidrainage. from bed-patients, through a connecting tubing to the.drainage receptacle.

Another object is. to provide a holder for drainage bottles so arrangedas to permit easy and quick removal of full bottles therefrom andreplacement with empties.

Another object is to provide a holder for drainage containers to besuspended from a bracket support that is mounted on a bed rail manually,and is secured permanently by bending over two lugs on top of the rail.

Another object is to provide a holder for a drainage bottle that has asemi-circular wall which conceals the drainage bottle.

Another object is to provide a holder device adapted to be mounted on abed, said holder receiving and housing a drainage bottle and havingmeans for connecting drainage tubing to the bottle.

Another object is to provide a holding device that will house thedrainage container at a maximum elevation, so that it can be used on thehigh-low types of hospital beds and be a safe distance from the fioirwhen such a bed is adjusted to its lowest position.

These and other objects and advantages will be ap- 2,992,804 PatentedJuly 18, 1961 parent from the following specification and theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of my improved apparatus mounted on theside rail of a hospital bed;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation in section of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bracket and holder per se which forma part of my invention; and

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a slightly modified form ofmy invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the holder 20 has acircular base 21, a semi-cylindrical wall 22, a top wall 23, and aneck-like extension 24 having a bearing groove 25 therein. The drainbottle 30 rests freely in the holder 20 on base 21. An opening 26 in theholder 20 exhibits the level of bottle contents to nurses andattendants. The extension 24 has ample space for receivingtherein theneck 31 of the bottle. The extension also has an external bearing groove25 which is interengaged with the elevated platform 17 of the bracket10, from which the holder 20 is suspended. The base 21 of the holder hasa lip 29 to prevent any undue vibration from upsetting the drain bottle30 off said base.

The bracket 10 is of very novel construction. Ordinarily such a bracketwould be mounted with screws or bolts, necessitating drilling andtapping screw-thread holes on top of the bed rail. But hospital managersprotest against such machine work because of the high cost, and becausethey resent mutilating their beds. Therefore, it is compulsory to usethis novel bracket, as it is mountable in a few seconds by hand, and byany employee unskilled in such matters. This bracket is easily manufac-.tured by stamping a sheet steel blank of the required shape and thenforming it into the. finished article by suitable dies.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower edge is formed upwardly as at 12 to fit onthe lower edge of the bed rail 11, which bed rail is usually an angleiron. The surface 18 is made to fit snugly on the top of the bed rail.The elevated shelf 16 extends to hook-like portion 17, the inner edge14, 15 of which defines an opening for receiving the groove 25 inneck-like extension 24. The lugs 13 and 13 are partially bentdownwardly. T0 mount the bracket as in FIGS. 1 and 2, the edge is heldagainst the lower edge of the bed rail and then pushed over on top ofthe rail. The next step is to bend over the lugs 13 and 13' as shown inFIG. 2 to secure the bracket permanently. It will be understood,however, that although I prefer to mount the bracket on the bed rail asdescribed, it would be possible to mount said bracket to some othersupporting frame or the like which forms a permanent part of the bedwithout departing from the scope of my invention.

The holder 20 is mounted in the the open slot BB at the slot AA androtating the holder slightly, thus interengaging the groove 25 with theplatform 17. More specifically, by maneuvering the holder 20 so thathook end A of platform 17 (note FIG. 4) extends into the space BB, theaforementioned interengage ment may be easily elfected by rotating thesaid holder. As shown in FIG. 3, when the holder is in its normal position in the bracket 10, the concealing wall 22, 22 is in line with thebed rail 11 and thus hides the drain bottle 30. In such position, theslots AA and BB are out of register and thus form a closed tubular space27. The fact that the drainage tubing 40 is located in the space 27functions to prevent any accidental dislodging of the drainage bottle 30from the holder 20. As will be seen most clearly in FIG. 4, the edge Bof neck 24 is cut back bracket 10 by placing at its lower portion,thereby providing clearance so that the bottle 30 may be easily placedin position on the holder.

When a :full bottle must be removed, the attendant or nurse turnsthe'holder 20 a quarter turn, placing B on A, and B on A, registeringthe slots BB on AA, and forming an opening in the space 27 through whichthe tubing 40 will pass and permit removal of the drainage bottle. Theattendant then removes the tubing 40 from the full bottle and places iton an empty bottle, and then installs the bottle with tubing in theholder 20, and reverses the quarter turn to put the holder 20 into itsnormal, operative position.

. The weight of the holder 20 and the bottle 30 with its contents iscarried by the bracket table 14 in the groove 25. This large bearingsurface permits the easy turning of the holder 20 for the openingquarter turn, and also for the reverse closing quarter turn.

For the successful operation of this apparatus, it is important that thedrainage tubing be held firmly in the bottle neck to avoid the risk ofaccidental pulling out of the tubing from the bottle while in use. Forthis purpose, this'invention includes the novel compressible stopper 41,shown in FIG. 2. The cor-k 41 has a central bore in which the tubingfits snugly, and in this bore is molded an inwardly extending circularrib 46. The outer diameter is tapering, so that when it is forced intothe bottle, the rib '46 is forced inwardly to pinch the tubing, hencepreventing accidental displacement of the latter. To remove the stopperand tubing, it is necessary to grasp the flange at the top of thestopper and pull out both stopper and tubing' These stoppers arepreferably made of molded rubber or molded resilient plastic.

The above described form. of my invention, revolvable within an elevatedbracket support, is especially suitable or adaptable for so-calledhigh-low bends that may be adjusted down to a position about ten inchesfrom the floor. But my modified embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, isusable on all beds other than the high-low type, or in other'words, onbeds the side rail of which is spaced relatively high above the fioor atall times. In this modified form, the holder 20' does not revolve;therefore, the extension 24'a'nd the elevated platform are omitted.Instead of being elevated, the bracket platform 44 is lower than theportion 18' resting on the bed rail 11. The bracket is installed likebracket 10, by first hooking upturned edge 12 under the side rail andthen turning the bracket over so that the portion 18 rests firmly on thetop of the rail 11, and finally clinching over the lugs 13" and 13, tocomplete permanent mounting of the bracket 10 on the rail 11. The holder20 is then mounted on the under side of the platform 44 with screws orbolts 42, or by any other method, such as welding. In this modifiedform, the concealing wall of the holder 20 is always in the correctposition so that the removal and replacement 4 of drainage bottles isdone at the rear of the holder. But due to the large areas of open spaceunder these high beds, the changing of the drainage bottles is easy forthe attendants or nurses.

In the manufacturing of these holders, they may be cast from any metal,such as aluminum, zinc, etc., or they may be built by assembling andwelding together a base, a semi-circular wall, and a top part. Ifpreferred, they may be made as plastic moldings.

The drainage containers may be glass bottles or metal cans with suitablefilling nozzles. Or they may be made of paper or cardboard, with afilling nozzle of molded papier-mache or other material, and be of suchlow cost as to be disposable and thus save the cost of washing orsterilizing glass containers.

As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departingfrom the spirit thereof, these embodiments are illustrative and are notrestrictive, and the extent of this invention is defined by the scope ofthe append claim.

I claim:

A holder cfor hospital drainage receptacles comprising a substantiallycircular base, a substantially semicylindrical side wall extendingupwardly from an edge portion of said base, a top wall secured to theupper edge of said side wall, an opening in said top wall in substantialalignment with the center of said circular base, a tubular neck portionextending upwardly from the periphery of said opening, and means formounting said holder to the side rail of a hospital bed so that the sidewall of said-holder is normally outwardly disposed wherein a receptaclesupported within said holder in concealed from view, said mounting meanscomprising a bracket having means for securement to the bed side rail,said bracket having a flange extending therefrom, an opening in saidflange through which said tubular neck portion extends, said tubularneck portion and said flange having cooperating means rotatably andremovably suspending said holder from said flange, said cooperatingmeans comprising the sole interconnection between said bracket and saidholder.

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